Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Norman, OK

Issued

Oct 22, 2000, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)

Expired

Oct 22, 2000, 11:45 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Norman, OK

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cleveland County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK

The Norman radar (KTLX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS54 KOUN 230147
FFWOUN
OKC027-087-109-230445-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
845 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  NORTHERN MCCLAIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
  EASTERN OKLAHOMA COUNTY IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 838 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
FALLING OVER NORTHERN MCLAIN... NORTHERN CLEVELAND AND EASTERN
OKLAHOMA COUNTIES. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 2 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING
AREA DURING THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING HEAVY
RAINFALL... ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE ARCADIA...CHOCTAW...DEL CITY...
  EDMOND...HARRAH...JONES...LUTHER...MIDWEST CITY...MOORE...
  NEWCASTLE...NICOMA PARK...NORMAN...OKLAHOMA CITY...SPENCER...STELLA
  AND TINKER AIR FORCE BASE

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...STREETS... HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARM LANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH
FLOODING.

IT IS DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE THE DEPTH OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS
ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED
QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT..h.LON 3510 9768 3517 9715 3543 9717 3571 9714
          3572 9741

CJS

NWS Norman, OK wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 22, 8:30 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
830 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2000

SEVERE T-STORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL OK WITH STORMS INCREASING BACK
INTO SW OK AND N CENTRAL TX. SITUATION EXPECTED TO EVOLVE INTO MORE
OF A HEAVY RAIN/FLOOD THREAT OVERNIGHT FROM SW INTO CENTRAL PARTS OF
AREA AS TRAINING CONTINUES. WE WILL ISSUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR REST
OF THE NIGHT FOR TX ZONES AND MUCH OF CENTRAL/SW OK.

24

.OUN...
OK...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT OKZ018>020-023>032-035>047-050-051.
TX...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT TXZ083>090.

In the hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
619 PM CDT SUN OCT 22 2000

TIME (CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0510 PM    LAWTON                    OK   60 MPH WIND GUST
10/22/00   COMANCHE                       COUNTY SHERIFF

0536 PM    5 S CALUMET               OK   TORNADO
10/22/00   CANADIAN                       NWS EMPLOYEE

0545 PM    2 W CYRIL                 OK   .75 INCH HAIL
10/22/00   CADDO                          AMATEUR RADIO

0552 PM    4 S ANADARKO              OK   60 MPH WIND GUST
10/22/00   CADDO                          yAMATEUR RADIO

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Flash Flood Warnings in Oklahoma, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.